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Control of Religious Printing in Early Stuart England (Studies in Modern British Religious History)
S. Mutchow Towers
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It is usually considered that the mechanisms of press control over print publication in Jacobean and Caroline England were only intermittently and ineffectively applied, even in the turbulent decade of the 1630s. This book offers a detailed investigation of their effectiveness, over a period of four decades. It begins with a comparative study of the publication patterns of the evangelical Calvinist Thomas Taylor and the Arminian Thomas Jackson, and supports its findings by sampling the religious press for the years 1607, 1617, 1627, and 1637, studying the development of press controls, and, importantly, comparing texts. The author contrasts the content of religious titles which were subject to pre-publication examination and licensing with those which were not, and investigates the texts for both evangelical Calvinist teachings and for evidence of Laudian ceremonies, practices, and doctrines. This detailed comparative work also reveals the activities of the licit press, and illustrates the degree to which Laud's licensers influenced the nature of religious orthodoxy during the Laudian hegemony of the English Church. S. MUTCHOW TOWERS is at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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This text is designed to help students become knowledgeable readers of cross-curriculum quantitative research literature. It provides a clear inviting view of quantitative research strategies for those students who may or may not have a mathematical background. The authors impart a conceptual understanding rather than teach calculational methods. The text can be used as a supplement for a basic statistics course or for any course requiring students to read and digest quantitative research literature. Examples are cross-curriculum and generic. Its strength is that it is very brief and doesn't overwhelm with too much detail.
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A book that has stuck with me.......2007-10-05
I used the first edition of Williams' Reasoning with Statistics in the late 70s when I was studying city and regional planning. I had an ambivalent to negative view of statistics (late registration had put me in the class.) But I came to enjoy both the subject and the book, and it led me to further statistical classes. I remember the title decades later. Its strength lies in showing how to use statistics meaningfully in the analysis of real world problems and it is designed to allow non mathemeticians to feel comfortable using statistical methods. It achieves its goal.
Excellent condition.......2007-02-14
The book arrived in great shape in just a few days, which is amazing for a shipment to Hawaii.
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According to Richard Shavelson, the goal of any good statistics book is for readers not only to learn the meaning of statistical concepts but also to be able to use these concepts to solve problems. This new, revised edition of Statistical Reasoning is written with a two-pronged objective: conceptual and procedural knowledge of statistics.
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Research in statistics education is an emerging field, with much of the work being published in diverse journals across many disciplines. Locating and synthesizing this research is often a challenging task, as is connecting the research literature to practical issues of teaching and assessing students. This book is unique in that it collects, presents, and synthesizes cutting edge research on different aspects of statistical reasoning and applies this research to the teaching of statistics to students at all educational levels. Unlike other books on how to teach statistics, or educational materials to help students learn statistics, this book presents the research foundation on which teaching should be based. The chapters in this volume are written by the today's leading researchers in statistics education.
This volume will prove of great value to mathematics and statistics education researchers, statistics educators, statisticians, cognitive psychologists, mathematics teachers, mathematics and statistics curriculum developers, and quantitative literacy experts in education and government.
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This book introduces the reader to statistical reasoning and its use in physics. It differs from other treatments of physics for nonscientists in its wide-ranging use of quantitative methods, which assume only that the reader can add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidence. The author begins with a self-contained introduction to the everyday uses of probability, including the quantitative assessment of statistical information. The author develops the basic idea of mechanical motion, the molecular theory of gases, entropy as a measure of molecular agitation, limitations on the conversion of heat to work, the physics of the direction of time; chaos, and the role of probability in quantum mechanics. To aid self instruction, there are solved problems at the end of each chapter. This book is perfect for undergraduate physics students and nonscience majors.
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A marvelous text for nonmajors.......2002-12-17
I ran into this book by accident (or "luck" as the author would say). I perused the section on entropy, which is one of the most misunderstood but widely used terms. The treatment was crystal clear and deep. I then wandered off to sample the rest of the book, when I realized it was for non-specialists. It has been my pet peeve that most attempts at popularization consist of simply material written for professionals with the equations deleted, making them uniformly useless to all parties concerned. This book is a refreshing exception aimed at a reader who is willing to do the requisite work and enjoy the satisfaction of really understanding the basics of probability and its applications to statistical physics. While not everything in this subject can be explained to nonexperts, the author has carefully chosen a path that I know will make sense to a diligent reader and give a true flavor for the subject and genuine sense of accomplishment at the end. All that is required is a minimum knowledge of algebra and a true desire to really understanding something, rather than a craving for the "warm and fuzzy" feeling
of having understood something profound without the requisite effort.
Of late more and more colleges have tried to expose nonscientists to quantitative reasoning. Now, such a course has to be about something. Why not Statistical Physics, which on the one hand is incredibly far reaching in its consequences and on the other, accessible with minimum of preamble. There is no longer the excuse that a suitable text does not exist. Here it is, so go ahead and use it for self-study or your class! The section on entropy alone will make it worthwhile. Finally, even if you know all the physics, this will teach you how write the most elegant prose.
A marvelous text for nonmajors.......2002-12-17
I ran into this book by accident (or "luck" as the author would say). I perused the section on entropy, which is one of the most misunderstood but widely used terms. The treatment was crystal clear and deep. I then wandered off to sample the rest of the book, when I realized it was for non-specialists. It has been my pet peeve that most attempts at popularization consist of simply material written for professionals with the equations deleted, making them uniformly useless to all parties concerned. This book is a refreshing exception aimed at a reader who is willing to do the requisite work and enjoy the satisfaction of really understanding the basics of probability and its applications to statistical physics. While not everything in this subject can be explained to nonexperts, the author has carefully chosen a path that I know will make sense to a diligent reader and give a true flavor for the subject and genuine sense of accomplishment at the end. All that is required is a minimum knowledge of algebra and a true desire to really understanding something, rather than a craving for the "warm and fuzzy" feeling
of having understood something profound without the requisite effort.
Of late more and more colleges have tried to expose nonscientists to quantitative reasoning. Now, such a course has to be about something. Why not Statistical Physics, which on the one hand is incredibly far reaching in its consequences and on the other, accessible with minimum of preamble. There is no longer the excuse that a suitable text does not exist. Here it is, so go ahead and use it for self-study or your class! The section on entropy alone will make it worthwhile. Finally, even if you know all the physics, this will teach you how write the most elegant prose.
Vinay Ambegaokar's "Reasoning About Luck".......2002-11-10
Vinay Ambegaokar's "Reasoning About Luck" is a beautifully
written, highly original treatment of probability in the
physical sciences -- notable for its clarity, its wit, and its
insights. It succeeds admirably in teaching the subject to any
attentive reader, even one with no mathematics beyond high-
school algebra, and yet can be read with pleasure and profit
by professional physicists as well
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Statistical Reasoning in Medicine: The Intuitive P-Value Primer
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The Best Introductory Statistics Text Ever Written.......1997-11-27
I took Art's honors psychometric methods course at UW-Madison when I was a sophomore. Although I am a research analyst in industry and have a Master's degree in Statistics, I still use his book, both as a reference for my own research and to educate clients and co-workers. His book puts the math into plain English so that even non-mathematicians have a fighting chance to understand it. I highly recommend it every chance I get, even to people who have no experience in psychology.
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